LMS Resources:

General Tools:

• A Periodic Table of Graphic Organizers

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Guided Reading Resources:

• Time Constraints in Conferences

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General Lesson Planning Techniques and Tips:

• Every Book has a Cover, Every Lesson Should Have a Hook! - EFL Classroom 2.0

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Reading & Writing Strategies/Best Practices/Etc. Organization Packet: The Reading and Writing Organizer Packet.pdf
Comprehension and Collaboration: Resources for Active Reading and Inquiry from Stephanie Harvey's Workshop: Harvey PD Docs.pdf

• Reading Strategies:
  • Genre
  • Accessing Prior Knowledge
  • Previewing the Text
  • Making Connections
  • Making an Inference
  • Visualizing and Questioning
  • KYLENE BEERS:
    • Beers - Before Rdg Strategies.pdf
    • Beers- After reading strategies.pdf
    • Beers- during reading strategies.pdf
• Skills
  • Discussing your Reading
  • Literal Details Vs. Inferential Details
  • Making conclusions about Character
  • Theme
  • Identifying Figurative Language
  • Point of View
  • Fact Vs. Opinion
  • Author's Purpose
  • Reading Online Nonfiction
  • Sensory Images
  • Breaking a text into parts
  • Story Elements:
    • Differentiated Lesson by Maria Waring, Christina McMenamin, Alexia Frisbey, Melissa Lomax, Dan Johnson, & Allison McGinnis
      • DI lesson plot.notebook
      • DI plot- conflict- manipulative.docx
• Reading Resources:
  • ReadWriteThink - Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers
  • The Rights of the Reader http://bit.ly/clgBjz

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• Writing Skills
  • KYLENE BEERS:
    • Beers- Writing activities.pdf
  • RACE Responses
  • The Writing Process
    • Purposes for Writing
    • Brainstorming
    • PreWriting
      • Literacy Head - A GREAT website for graphic organizers
    • Strategies for Organization
  • Explanatory Writing
    • Engaging Openings
      • Hooks.ppt - Created by Carolyn Zierenberg
  • Speculative Writing
    • Engaging Openings
      • Hooks.ppt - Created by Carolyn Zierenberg
    • Setting Details
    • Strong Closings
    • Using Dialogue
    • Time transitions
  • Grammar/Mechanics/Writing Focus
    • General Grammar Practice: Chomp Chomp
    • Complete Sentences (Subjects, Predicates, Fragments, Run-Ons)
    • Subject-Verb Agreement
    • Adjectives
    • Adverbs
    • Vivid Verbs
    • Using Context Clues
      • Context Clues Challenge
    • Sound Devices
    • Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes
    • Contractions
    • Said is Dead
    • Compositional Risks
      • The Magic Three:
        • Magazines.pdf - Courtesy of Kat Moore
        • Magic Three with photos.pdf - Courtesy of Kat Moore
        • Magic Three.notebook - Courtesy of Kat Moore
    • Writing Better Paragraphs
  • Writing Prompts:
    • http://www. creativewritingprompts.com/

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Fun Instructional Resources:

• Fortune Teller:
  • Fortune Teller Worksheet.doc
  • fortune teller.ppt
  
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Research/iSearch:

• 5th Grade iSearch Unit Concepts and Resources - created by K. Carney
• 5th Grade - i-Search Anticipation Guide Research.doc -- created by K. Carney
• I-Search Introduction.notebook -- Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, and A. Eckert
• I-Search Format.doc -- Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, A. Eckert
• Reflection Questions.doc -- Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, A. Eckert
• Bookmark_2x8.pdf -- Google Search Tips Bookmark
• Keyword searching.doc - Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, and A. Eckert
• Tips_Tricks_17x22.pdf - Google
• i-Search Anticipation Guide Research.doc - Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, and A. Eckert
• I-SearchSearching.notebook - Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, and A. Eckert
• A Great Daily Exercise from Google to Assist in Refining Search! - http://www.AGoogleADay.com

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Current Events and Reading Passages:

• Time Magazine for Kids
• Leveled Reading Passages, by Grade! http://www.readworks.org/ books/passages

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Summer Reading Resources:

• Summer Reading I Pod skill cener.docx - Created by J. Smith
• summer reading skill center directions.docx - Created by J. Smith